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Retirement from Paddle Sports Coaching & Retail
There have been so many tragic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic: loss of lives, loss of livelihoods, economies in tatters. But for myself the pandemic and the subsequent ‘Stay At Home’ order back in March of 2020 proved to be a blessing in disguise….
Paddling on the Edge
What does kayaking have to do with Pixar’s Cars movie? Do you remember the scene where Doc Hudson is coaching Lightning McQueen on how to race on dirt? Doc Hudson: “I’ll put it simple: if you’re going hard enough left, you’ll find yourself…
Staying Balanced
Article first published in Issue #70 Ocean Paddler Magazine | May 2019 Staying balanced is much more than a metaphor when it comes to paddlesports. As young children we have a low center of gravity and an instinctive ability to stay centered. You can put a young…
Feel The Pressure
Blade awareness is a term that you may have heard during your education as a paddler. But what does that mean? This article seeks to dig deeper into this concept and I encourage you to read this with your paddle handy so that you can imagine being in a kayak with the…
Light & Fast
This concept comes from the alpine style of mountaineering, where the aim is to leave behind everything but the minimum gear required to reach the objective under the assumed conditions. Why is this relevant to paddling? Well, in a sea kayak designed for multi-day…
Become a Better Student
By Sean Morley Are you a new or developing paddler seeking professional instruction or have you been taking classes and not seeing the improvement you’d hoped for? First of all – congratulations! By seeking professional instruction you are definitely on the…
Want to Become an Instructor?
A Brief Guide to ACA Instructor Certification We often get asked about instructor certification and so we thought we should try to explain the process as briefly as we can. The ACA website has a wealth of information on it but it may appear overwhelming for those that…
Bay of Fundy Sea Kayak Symposium – 2017
Experiencing the largest tidal range in the world is reason enough for any sea kayaker to want to attend ‘Fundy’. And running the tidal bore on the Shubenacadie River or playing on one of a multitude of tide races that scour the south-eastern shore of Nova Scotia is…
gnilddaP Backwards!
By Sean Morley Seriously, why do I need to know how to paddle backwards? I’ve spent my whole life working on my forward stroke, and now you want me to paddle backwards? If I wanted to go backwards I’d be a rower! These thoughts went through my mind as I…
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“Paddling in Circles”
This is an account of Sean’s solo journey around the UK and Ireland in 2004. It was the first solo circumnavigation of the UK and Ireland and the first ever to include all the inhabited islands. The 4,500 mile, 183 day journey remains the longest sea kayak expedition ever undertaken in British waters.
